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Born 1831, Butler County
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885), History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906)
GARRETT WYKOFF, retired, Lima, was born July 21, 1831, in Butler County, Ohio; son of Rulef and Desire (Marshall) Wykoff, the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Virginia. Rulef Wykoff was born in 1796, and came to Ohio when twenty-one years of age, entering land and settling in Butler County, where he remained the balance of his days. He reared a family of nine children, five of whom are living: James, Arthur, Rulef, Mary A., married to J. Currier, and Garrett. Our subject was educated in his native county, and there 'learned the trade of blacksmith, at which he labored for twelve years. He came to Lima in the fall of 1852, opened a shop where he manufactured wagons and did blacksmithing. He also bought and sold real estate, and was a successful business man, but is now living a more retired life, attending only to his own real estate. Mr. Wykoff was married, in 1854, to Miss Annie E., daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Strayley.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
ARRETT WYKOFF. Among the early business men of Lima was the late Garrett Wykoff, who.for many years before his death on May 21, 1893, was numbered with the retired capitalists of the city. Mr. Wykoff was born in Butler County, Ohio, July 21, 1831, and was a son of Rulef and Desire (Marshall) Wykoff.
The father of our subject was born in 1796 in New Jersey, and was a young man who had just attained his majority when he came to Ohio, with the idea of founding a home. He entered land in Butler County and resided upon it the remainder of his life. He married a lady who was born in Virginia, and they reared nine children, some of whom still survive.
When Garrett Wykoff was a boy, he attended the schools of his native locality, growing up to manhood on his father’s farm. His inclinations were not in the direction of a?riculture, rather more in the line of mechanics. He learned the trade of blacksmith and became a first-class artisan, enjoying a very prosperous trade. After 12 years of work at blacksmithing, he came to Lima, where he enlarged his business, entering also into wagon manufacturing. While carrying on a good business in these lines, he wisely invested considerable capital in real estate and to the management of this he devoted the latter years of his life. He was a man of practical ideas, keen and cpiick in business dealings, an honest, outspoken defender of his political views and religious professions, and a man who enjoyed the respect and esteem of the community.
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Frederick and Elizabeth Straley. She still survives and enjoys the many comforts of a pleasant home at No. 212 South McDonald street, Lima. Mr. VVykoff was laid at rest in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was a prominent and influential Mason, and Garret Wykoff Lodge, F. & A. M., was named after him. His portrait companies this sketch.
HANNON FRAUNFELTER wasborn in Green township, Ross County, Ohio, February 2, 1863, and when but a child removed with the family to Allen County. They settled on the farm. of 100 acres, which is admirably situated on the Allentown road within two and a half miles of Lima in section 28, German township, where Shannon Fraunfelter is engaged in carrying on agricultural operations. He is meeting with much success in the management of the homestead. He also makes a specialty of breeding Shorthorn cattle and at the present time is acknowledged to have the finest herd in Allen County. He is a son of the late Israel Fraunfelter, a member of a family that stands very high in the county.
Israel Fraunfelter was born July 17, 1834, in Salt Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and was a son of John Adam and Saloma (Markel) Fraunfelter, natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared in Pickaway County and there he attended the district schools and grew to manhood a well-informed farmer. On November 4, 1855, he was married to Sabra Patrick, of Pickaway County, Ohio, who died in 1859. To this marriage two children were born, one of whom died in infancy; the other is Frank Fraunfelter, the well-known superintendent of the Allen County Infirmary. On February 15, 1860, Mr. Fraunfelter was married to Laannah Goodman, a daughter of John and Sarah (Weaver) Goodman, of Hocking County, Ohio. To this marriage were born these children: Otis, residing in Allentown, who married Eliza Baxter; Shannon, the subject of this sketch; Milton, deceased at the age of five months; James, who married Etta Crites and is engaged in farming in Amanda township; and
Mary Alpha, who is a graduate of Lima College and now a teacher of Latin and Greek in the same.
On September 1, 1865, Israel Fraunfelter and family settled on the farm now conducted by our subject. He died on this farm January 22, 1892, and was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lima. His widow and his son, Shannon and daughter, Mary Alpha, continue to reside on the old homestead. The family belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Elida.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Frank Fraunfelter (b. 1856) Israel Fraunfelter (b. 1834)
Their biographies name Garrett Wykoff: E. Harman (b. 1857) John Amstutz (b. 1846) Isaac S. Motter (b. 1852) W. Dobbins (b. 1834)
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